Scratches on Records

Generally, though vinyl is a pretty tough
substance, handling or storage mistakes will cause scratches to
appear. While a good cleaning (see below) will help clear up
many of the sins of scratches, in most cases, you'll end up with
either an audible click or a skip, depending on the severity of the
scratch. With our products automatic click and pop remover and
some creative playback, this problem can almost be totally
eliminated. If you just follow the General Record Restoration
techniques listed below and use our software for your
audio restoration software, in most cases, scratches will no longer
be a problem when you're converting your treasured vinyl to
CD.

General Record
Restoration Techniques

The
process of restoring your records can be just about as complicated
as you'd like it to be. There are numerous steps suggested by
the true audiophiles...most of us choose the ones we find most
important and throw the rest out with the bathwater. We'll
list all of these here as mini-topics...feel free to launch as many
as you care about. There are a few items that are specific to
true 45 records and we've covered them below:

Screen Shot

On most older records, clicks and pops are the most common type of noise that you'll face. This zoomed in view of DC
SIX shows you a typical 78 recording in the upper window (yellow). Notice the straight
lines that run from the top of the yellow screen to the bottom? These are impulse noises or clicks and pops. The file you see below
(gray) is what the wave looks like after we've run the DC SIX Impulse Noise Filter on the file. This is but one step in a 78 Record
Restoration, but you can see that DC SIX has been very successful in removing these impulse noises.

An Educated Taste Test

How much of a difference can the Enhanced Audio
products make in your audio life? Why don't you try them for
yourself? We have demos and Getting started tutorial guides
for both products listed below. Download both the demo and the
Getting Started Tutorial guide...the tutorials don't take a great
deal of time, but they give you a fantastic idea just how powerful
our products are.

10 day free trial of our latest
and greatest. You won't need 10 days to decide that this
is simply the most powerful audio editing audio restoration
and audio enhancement product you've ever seen. Only $99

This cool new wizard takes you by
the hand and leads you through the complete restoration
process...from hooking up your turntable or tape deck, to
spitting out a completely enhanced CD, MP3 or WMA file.
Only $29

$59 never bought so much power.
See for yourself...with the new DC Millennium Try and Buy
demo, you get 10 days to put this powerful product through its
paces before a credit card is needed to unlock it. This
is a fully working demo so you'll get a pretty good idea just
how helpful a product like this will be in your audio
restoration/enhancement projects. When you decide that
you're ready to buy, just simply go to Help/Register...punch
in your credit card and you receive an unlock code in minutes.
That means that you can purchase DC Millennium 24 hours a day
7 days a week. We've also included a very cool Getting
Started Guide so your 10 days won't be spent learning...you'll
be getting results 30 minutes after you start. Just go
to the Diamond Cut directory and look for the PDF.

This demo will allow you to
sample the world's best audio restoration/enhancement and
editing product. It will only record 1 minute of
material and save has been disabled, but if you want a taste
test of excellence...you'll get it here.

Easily navigate this product with
a quick step by step tutorial that's completely
"hands-on" and easy to read. If you don't want
the PDF to load into your explorer window, just right click on
the link to the left and select Save Target As...

We've provided Record Restoration Quick Start guides for both DC
SIX and DC Millennium.
The Getting Started Guides are in PDF form and only depend on you using the demo versions of both products. These tutorials do not take a great deal of time, but they are jam-packed with info and perfect for
quickly learning both products. By now, you've probably decided on either a $59 or $199 investment...depending on the feature set you liked the best. Just download either of the Getting Started Guides along with the demos and you'll be ready to start real 45 Record Restoration.
These are PDF files and best viewed with Adobe Acrobat. This is a free software product that you can download at www.download.com

Example Files

This is a typical old recording of a 78 RPM record. We used a variety of filters to remove the clicks, pops, hiss and other disturbances. With
78 Record Restoration, the goals are similar to any other record restoration...to make your file sound authentic, yet noise free and clean.

78 RPM With Noise Cleaned
78 RPMNote: On some machines, you may notice a hesitation at the beginning of your MP3 files when you click on them. If you just let it play and then listen to it again, the hesitation will go
away. If you're using a dial-up...it's probably best to download this files and listen once you've downloaded.

Will I Need Anything Else?

Each and every system is different. You've also got to know what it will take to make your ears happy. For example...Sound Blasters are very popular sound cards...unfortunately, popularity doesn't make them good...just popular. There are potentially many
products that could help you...depending on the scale of the restoration project you want to undertake. We've created a page that outlines many of these product categories, plus the individual products that we recommend. Just click here to go
there.

Maybe you
have a cell phone recording, maybe it was a digital
recorder...you hear muffled voices in the background. What are
they saying? Not knowing has been eating at you and you need
answers. You've seen advanced forensics tools on television,
but you know nothing about audio and even less about
clarifying a spoken voice on a recording.

This
new flagship product offers features that any restoration
enthusiast would love with no fat. We don't try to be all
things to all people, but if you want the world's best audio
restoration...stop lookin.

Our resident
software guru comes into your home via our DVD and walks you
through tips and tricks for maximizing the quality and speed
of your restoration results. You'll be amazed at what
you can learn in 2 hours.

There is
simply no better Audio Forensics product on the market.
You can pay thousands more, but if you're clarifying noisy
recordings or even running live audio surveillance, DC
LIVE/Forensics is the best in the business. $1499

Now you can
get one of DC LIVE/Forensics most powerful automatic adaptive
filters and plug it into the software of your choice.
This cool new VST plug automatically removes noise so that you
can find a voice buried beneath the muck. Only $399

Add real tube
sound to any music file an instantly add the warmth and depth
that only real tubes can provide. This new VST Plug In
is useful in so many ways that you'll instantly find it your
favorite plug-in. Only $99

Our resident
software guru comes into your home via our DVD and walks you through
tips and tricks for maximizing the quality and speed of your
restoration results. You'll be amazed at what you can learn in
2 hours.

There
is simply no better Audio Forensics product on the market. You
can pay thousands more, but if you're clarifying noisy recordings or
even running live audio surveillance, DC LIVE/Forensics is the best
in the business. $1499

Now
you can get one of DC LIVE/Forensics most powerful automatic
adaptive filters and plug it into the software of your choice.
This cool new VST plug automatically removes noise so that you can
find a voice buried beneath the muck. Only $399

Add
real tube sound to any music file an instantly add the warmth and
depth that only real tubes can provide. This new VST Plug In
is useful in so many ways that you'll instantly find it your
favorite plug-in. Only $99